Improvement in portable gate-pence



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JOHN W. CURTIS, OF-BA TH, NEW YORK.

Zetters Patent No; 106,670, dated August 23,1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN PORTABLE GATE-FENCE The Schedule referred to in theseLetters Patept and snaking part of the s'ame.

To all whom'it may concern.-

Be it knownt-hat-I, J cm: W. CURTIS, of Bath, in the county of Steubenand State of New York, have invented a new and imprmed Port-ableGate-Fence; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,

' clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilledin the art to make and use the same,

reference being bad to the accompanying drawing forming part of thisspecification, in which- Figure 1 represents aside elevation ofmy'improved gate-fence.

Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional view of the same,

taken on the line a; z, tig.'1.

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view of the same, showing amodification of my invention.

Similar letters'of reference indicate like parts.

This invention relates to a new manner of hanging and secnring thepanels of a fence tothe posts, and consists in having" the battens orcross-bars, by which the rails of the panels are connected,slotted, andfitted over books or L-shaped pins, that are secured to the sides of theposts; This arrangement has very great advantages over the ordinarymethod of attaching and hanging the panels, as will be hereinafter morefully set forth.

A represents the posts, which are driven into the ground or otherwisesecured in the ordinary manner.

B B are the fence-panels, which consist of the horizontal rails a a, ofthe battens or veltical cross-bars b b, and vertical or'diagonal bracesc, if desired. 7

The battens are providedwvith slats which fitover hooks or L-shaped pins(5 d, which ate secured in the posts, as is clearly'shownin fi 1.

\Vhcn the posts cannot be had of considerable width, the panels are hungalternately to the front aml back of the posts, so as to form a zigzagfence, as shown in fin. 2 v V Wlien the posts can be had wide enough,the panels are all secured on the same side of the posts, whereby aregular, smooth fence is produced, as is'clearly shown in fig. 3. g

By this arrangement of hanging the panels, afence canbe quickly putup,-quickly removed and repaired.

It some of the postsare decayed, they can be taken out and replacedwithout much trouble, andwithont injuring any portion of the rails.

\V'hen itis desired to prevent animals, such as hogs, &c., from isingthe panels, it is only neoessary tointrodnce wedges between the hooks dand the next rail below the same, as is indicated by red lines at c, infig. 1.

Picket and all other kinds of fences can .be hung in the same manner,and will certainly be much cheaper, easier repaired, and more convenientthan any fences now inuse.

I' claim as new and Patent- As an improvement in portable fences, theslotted battens b, when used in combination with the hooks d, posts A,and panels B, in the manner and for the purposes herein set forth anddescribed.

J. \V. CURTIS.

Witnesses:

TIMOTHY GILBERT, Joan CHAPD desire to secure by Letters

